Unit-type flush box and toilet construction



Nov. 30, 1948. s. SJILENSKLII 2,455,123

UNIT-TYPE FLUSH BOX AND TOILET CONSTRUCTION Filed FeB. 5, 1947 INVENTOR STANLEY S. LENSKI ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 30, 1943 UNIT-TYPE. FLUSH BOX AND TOILET CONSTRUCTION Stanley S. Lenski, La Salle, Ill.

Application February 5, 1947, Serial No. 726,543

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in unit-type toilets of the type where in the toilet is provided with a rearwardly extending shelf to which a flush tank is rigidly secured.

The main objects of this invention are to provide a device of this character embodying a novel construction and arrangement whereby dripping of condensation from .the flush tank to the floor or other surfaces will be prevented; to provide in a device of this character means for directing the flow of condensation directly into the toilet bowl; to provide a device of this character which is highly efiicient and reliable and all formed at the same time the unit-type toilet is constructed, whereby no additional parts are required other than those normally used in forming a unit-type toilet; and to provide a device of this character which is attractive in appearance and may be manufactured at small additional cost, over the normal cost of unit-type toilets.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the device of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top elevational view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1, part of the toilet being shown in section.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the flush box removed from the toilet.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the flush box or tank I I is in the main of the usual form and shape, having a front wall I2, end walls I 3 and I4, a back wall I5 and a bottom wall I6 which is slightly rounded and tapered as shown especially in Figs. 1 and 3, both from the rear wall I5 to the front wall I2, and from the end walls I3 and I4 to the marginal edges respectively of the bearing or supporting area or surface I I.

As is apparent from the drawings, the upper portion of the box II is substantially rectangular while the side or end walls I3 and I4 and the back wall I5 of the lower area, that is the area below, substantially the horizontal center line of the box, converges downwardly toward the vertical center line of the front wall and terminates at the marg-inal edges of the bearing surface I I.

The toilet is of the usual construction having a bowl area I8, a base IS, a water course 20 and an integrally formed rearwardly extending shelf 2| lying in the same plane as the top surface of the bowl area I 8, having an inlet port 22 therein communicating in the usual manner with the water course 20. The water course 20 is also provided with the usual spaced outlet ports 23.

The shelf 2| is formed with a pair of spaced channels 2d and 25, closed at the rear end, and the forward ends opening into and blending with the upper rear end of the toilet bowl area I8. As will be apparent from Fig. 2, the shelf has four flush box or tank bearing surfaces or supporting areas 26, 21, 28 and 29 respectively. The bowl water inlet port 22 is located in the bearing surface 21 while each of th bearing surfaces 26 and 28 are provided with bolt-receiving apertures 30 and 3! which are aligned with similar apertures in .the bottom wall I6 of the tank for bolting the tank I to the shelf 2I in the usual manner as will be understood by those skilled in the art. Similarly, the tank I is provided with an outlet port located medially in the base area I! and is aligned with and communicates with the inlet port 22 of the toilet.

As shown in the drawings, the base are-a seats on and slightly overlaps the supporting surface 21 whereby the marginal edges of the base area I! are positioned directly over the channels 24-25.

It will now be apparent that when any condensation forms on the outer surface of the tank, it will flow downwardly along the walls by gravity to the base area H, where the condensation will drip into the channels 24-25 and be conducted thereby into the toilet bowl area I8.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention is herein shown and described, it will be understood that numerous details of the structure shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the following claim.

Iclaim:

In a unit-type toilet and flush box construction comprising a flush box having front, back and side walls, said box being substantially rectangular in its upper portion, the side walls of the lower portion thereof converging downwardly toward the vertical center line of the tank the back wall including a forwardly inclined surface terminating at the front wall and having a flat bearing area thereon; a toilet bowl having a rearwardly extending shelf disposed in the same plane as the top surface of said bowl, said shelf being provided with spaced channels in its upper surface leading into said bowl, means to rigidly secure said .box on said shelf, and aligned communicating 350m in I said bearing area of said box and said shelf.

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STATES PATENTQ STANLEY S. LENSKI. Number Name Date 473,715 Shanks Apr. 26, 1892 REFERENCES CITED 5 487,906 Stover Dec. 13, 1892 r ar of r 0rd in t 941,539 Sharp NOV. 30, 1909 The me ences e ec 1,440,892 Porter Jan, 2, 1923 

